On February 29, more than 800 guests gathered for the first AMITA Health Gala at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. The event served as the largest philanthropic effort to date for the AMITA Health Foundations, raising more than $1.5 million (thanks in part to a raffle with a grand-prize trip to Reykjavíc, Iceland). As AMITA Health Foundation Co-Chair Kenneth Bauwens put it to guests: “The gala symbolizes how we are leaping forward together as one, with hope and vision to create change in our communities and make a difference in people’s lives.” For more info, see AMITA's website, and check out photos from the evening below.
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Ken Bauwens, AMITA Health Foundation Board Co-Chairperson, Karen Bauwens, Melanie Furlan, AMITA Health Senior Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer, and Keith A. Parrott, President and CEO, AMITA Health.
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Keith A. Parrott, President and CEO, AMITA Health and his wife, Kristy Parrott.
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Mary Alice and Mike Benoit, AMITA Health Foundation Board Co-Chairperson, partner and co-founder of DiMeo Schneider & Associates, LLC.
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Melanie Furlan, AMITA Health Senior Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer; Jim Wienold, AMITA Health Gala Co-Chairperson and President of Bear Construction, President’s Sponsor for 2020 AMITA Health Gala; Dina Morris, AMITA Health Gala Co-Chairperson; Jeffrey Silver MD, AMITA Health Gala Co-Chairperson and Platinum Sponsor as part of Cardiac Surgery Associates for 2020 AMITA Health Gala; and Keith A. Parrott, President and CEO, AMITA Health.
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Alexian Brother Torch Acosta, C.F.A., Brother Exequiel Mapa, C.F.A., Keith Parrott, President and CEO of AMITA Health, and Brother Daniel McCormick, C.F.A., Provincial Superior of the Alexian Brothers.
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Priya Bala, M.D. and U.S. Representative, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Dane Hassani, M.D., and Sarah Hassani.
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AMITA Health Gala Co-Chairperson Jeffrey Silver, M.D., Kristina Silver, Kenneth Jones, President and CEO of AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, Hope Jones, AMITA Health Gala committee member, and Jim Wienold, AMITA Health Gala Co-Chairperson and President of Bear Construction.
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Candace and Barry Glick, D.O.
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Andrea and Dia Nichols, President and CEO of AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village.
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Keith A. Parrott, AMITA Health President and CEO, Melanie Furlan, AMITA Health Senior Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer, Mary Franco, Vice President of Superior Ambulance Service and David Hill, President and Superior Ambulance Service.
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Alicia Gabriel, Jim Wienold, AMITA Health Gala Co-Chairperson and President of Bear Construction, served as President’s Sponsor for 2020 AMITA Health Gala, and David Dastur.
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Allison Lau and Justin Yee, M.D.
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Safwat Sharobeem, M.D., and Vickie Rezai, M.D.
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Reinhold Llerena, M.D. and AMITA Health Foundation Board Member, and Stuart Marcus, M.D., Executive Vice President, and Chief Clinical Officer of AMITA Health.
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Elliott from of ArtBeat Live creates an exclusive Chicago themed canvas painting on stage.
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Kristy and Keith A. Parrott, President and CEO, AMITA Health, with their children Mary Kathryn, Reid, and Benjamin Parrott.
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AMITA Health Gala Committee members Douglas Miller, Mary Ann Miller, and Hope Jones.
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Ballroom at Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile.
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Guests at the AMITA Health Gala.
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Keith A. Parrott, President and CEO, AMITA Health, Kristy Parrott, Stephanie Anzelc, John Barakat, Chief Financial Officer of Cardiac Surgery Associates, Kristina and Jeffrey Silver, M.D. and AMITA Health Gala Co-Chairperson.
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Keith A. Parrott, AMITA Health President and CEO, Shannon Schmidt and Brian Schmidt, President of Mr. David’s Foundation and Diamond Sponsor for AMITA Health Gala 2020, Liz Gorski, and Michael Zmijewski, President of Mr. David’s Flooring International.
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Reinhold Llerena, M.D. and AMITA Health Foundation Board Member, Kalisha Hill, M.D. and Chief Medical Officer of AMITA Health St. Mary’s Hospital Kankakee, and Stuart Marcus, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of AMITA Health.
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Elder Maurice Valentine, Seventh-Day Adventist President, Sharon Valentine, with Dianne and Bruce Christian, President & CEO, AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center of Bolingbrook and GlenOaks.
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Walker Moore, Stephanie Cole, and doctors Crystal and Raj Wadyal.
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